This all - in - one
baby station which includes a bed with mobile, high chair, and laundry station.
Scholastic Story Time by Scholastic Canada Music and DJ from Thunderstorm Productions Face Painting with Bre Creative Easter Sensory Silliness with momstown KW Easter Handprints with momstown KW April Showers, May Flowers Make & Take One -
Stop Baby Station for Breastfeeding, Diaper Changing and Baby wearing Family Easter Photos with Straight Thru Straight Thru Films and Photography Music Demos Sport Classes & Demo's Martial Arts Demo Easter Games Balloon Animals and so much more fun!
The concept
behind baby stations is simple - have a few (3 - 5) different play activities prepped for your little one.
My guy's favorite thing to do with toys he successfully grasped was to put them in his drooly mouth, so teether toys were a favorite choice for our Tummy Time over a
pillow baby station.
Be sure to read Baby Stations: Part 1 - Get More Done While Baby Plays for more tips
on baby stations as well as ideas for stations for the first 3 months.
They fits on your home diaper changing table, on public
restroom baby stations, or anywhere else you need to change a diaper.
So for
baby stations that you hope give you a moment of hands - free time from baby (but still directly supervised), aim for more general floortime play to promote rolling, reaching and moving.
All that said, when people asked me how I launched a business and wrote a book with a newborn in the house,
baby stations are my answer.
Several of the household object toys I used with my child in that post were not included in
his baby stations because I wasn't giving him my full - attention.
Once your baby is showing signs of readiness for sitting (keeps a straight back in supported sitting, gets into and out of hands and knees, beginning to put hands out to try to stop a fall), you can begin to include seated play in
your baby stations.
We've discussed in Part 1 how helpful
baby stations can be for giving your baby a variety of body positions to experience sensations and movements (as well as to prevent flat spots from developing on the head and neck tightness from developing or worsening) AND how helpful baby stations are for giving you a few minutes break from baby holding!
I never thought of making
the baby stations and will definitely do that for the next one.